Not defending either position, but why is it a correct call? I thought Flagrant needed to be excessive or intentional in nature.Flagrant 1. Huge call and correct call in my opinion. This isn't the B10 and these aren't B10 refs
Not defending either position, but why is it a correct call? I thought Flagrant needed to be excessive or intentional in nature.Flagrant 1. Huge call and correct call in my opinion. This isn't the B10 and these aren't B10 refs
I think it's because of the nature of college athletics. We're often judged as a conference based on how well all of our teams do (see: the Big Ten can't be the greatest basketball conference because they crashed and burned in this year's tourney!). Being perceived as better than the rest nets you more money and more resources that get passed on to everyone. The NFL doesn't work like that.My 21 year old son has always wondering why we root for Big 10 teams in the tournament. I know we get more $$$ as Big 10 teams advance, but he has a point that you'd never root for an NFL divisional rival in the playoffs. I'd be curious to hear your thoughts about why you root for Big 10 teams this time of the year. I'm starting to lean more towards his perspective.
Forcible contact to the head gets you most of the way there.Not defending either position, but why is it a correct call? I thought Flagrant needed to be excessive or intentional in nature.
Martinelli has to back to the player he got the flagrant for fouling. Does intentionality play a role in flagrant fouls?That might be flagrant on Northwestern. Elbow to the face on the rebound
Even though it's inadvertent? Dude was just jumping. To me, didn't seem like he was swinging it forcefully .Forcible contact to the head gets you most of the way there.
Ultimately they got it right. The fast break opportunity was partial created by the no callThey need to call a foul there then. With no initial foul call, you don't stop the play when NU is on the break.
I agree they needed to call it. But if a guy is holding his head screaming on the ground, I think you have to blow the play dead unless the other team has an immediate 1 on 0 direct path to the basket with no resistance.They need to call a foul there then. With no initial foul call, you don't stop the play when NU is on the break.
Look at all those guys' resumes at their mid-majors, they're inarguably better than what May has done thus far. And that's the issue I have with May.I don't think taking a team to a Final 4 is mid. That doesn't happen by accident. Taking a team to the Final 4 is what catapulted Jim Larranaga, Shaka Smart, Brad Stevens, and Porter Moser. Porter Moser may be in over his head. Hard to say Dusty May is or isn't
Good. He would look nice in Maize in blue.What if I told you his players just seem to be regressing to what a Dusty May team is, pretty darn mid. Which is entirely the issue with Dusty May.
Remember last night when the other teams guy turned his ankle and the Illini were on a 5 on 4 break and the refs stopped play.They need to call a foul there then. With no initial foul call, you don't stop the play when NU is on the break.
NCAA put a point of emphasis on contact to the head, intentional or not. They've been more lenient this year it seems to account for basketball plays, but elbows to the head on block out and clear outs were basically the reason for that emphasis. It'll get called over 95% of times in leagues that aren't the B10Not defending either position, but why is it a correct call? I thought Flagrant needed to be excessive or intentional in nature.
I think it's because of the nature of college athletics. We're often judged as a conference based on how well all of our teams do (see: the Big Ten can't be the greatest basketball conference because they crashed and burned in this year's tourney!). Being perceived as better than the rest nets you more money and more resources that get passed on to everyone. The NFL doesn't work like that.
I want the Big Ten to do well against other conferences, but I don't cry when other Big Ten teams lose, either.
Thanks for the explanation.NCAA put a point of emphasis on contact to the head, intentional or not. They've been more lenient this year it seems to account for basketball plays, but elbows to the head on block out and clear outs were basically the reason for that emphasis. It'll get called over 95% of times in leagues that aren't the B10
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